Associations between nasal torquetenovirus load and spirometric indices in children with asthma

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1141-1148

  Pifferi, Massimo ^a   Maggi, Fabrizio ^a   Andreoli, Elisabetta ^a   Lanini, Letizia ^a   De Marco, Emanuela ^a   Fornai, Claudia ^a   Vatteroroi, Maria Linda ^a   Pistello, Mauro ^a   Ragazzo, Vincenzo ^a   Macchia, Pierantonio ^a   Boner, Attilio ^b   Bendinelli, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN;

AIRFLOW; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA VIRUS; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE MUCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIROMETRY; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; TORQUETENOVIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS LOAD; VIRUS TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTHMA; CHILD; DNA VIRUS INFECTIONS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY FLOW RATES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; NOSE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SPIROMETRY; TORQUE TENO VIRUS; VIRAL LOAD; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 25444492928     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/444389     Document Type: Article

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